Which structures do complex proteins adopt in solution? Biophysicists answer this question using the example of ubiquitin dimers as well as a new combination of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and ...

Hanwen Zhu, PhD, left, and Ji Sun, PhD, center, of the Dept. of Structural Biology, and Martin Turk, PhD, right, of the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Center discuss the structure of the active form of ...

Although D-dimer results within a typical range can rule out pulmonary embolism, high results alone can’t diagnose this condition. Doctors usually need to run extra tests to make a diagnosis. A ...

Proteins consist of amino acids, which are linked to form long amino acid chains as specified by our genetic material. In our cells, these chains are not simply rolled up like strings of pearls, but ...